Butt Trumpet is a Los Angeles-based punk band founded and maintained by Tho… Read Full Bio ↴Butt Trumpet is a Los Angeles-based punk band founded and maintained by Thom Bone. It is known for its crass lyrics and deliberately offensive style. The group features two bassists among its members. They became famous in 1994 when their Chrysalis Records debut, Primitive Enema, was banned from sale in a Massachusetts town after one mother heard her 12-year-old daughter listening to it, which she called "audio porn." Dan Druff played in the group briefly in 1995. The "Enema" lineup splintered soon after Primitive Enema was released, but three of the members regrouped in 1998 as Betty Blowtorch. The founder of the project, Thom Bone, continues to release and tour with various deliberately unstable band lineups to this day.

Influenced by early U.S. punk and hardcore, vocalist Thom Bone, bassist/vocalist Bianca Butthole, guitarist Blare N. Bitch, bassist Sharon Needles and drummer Jerry Geronimo formed Butt Trumpet in L.A. 1993. The band's vulgar song material caused a Massachusetts town to consider banning Butt Trumpet's major-label debut, Primitive Enema, after a citizen heard her 12-year-old daughter listening to what the mother called "audio porn."

~ John Bush, All Music Guide

shut up
Butt Trumpet Lyrics

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This is a story about the last time I was hangin' out underneath the
freeway overpass on Gauer just north of Yucca. I was standing there
minding my own business and this girl came up to me, and, well...
I thought she wanted me for my mind...
Shut up!
All I wanted from her was her phone number...
Shut up!
She was homeless

Sometimes I really get upset when...
Shut up!
This isn't the way we rehearsed it...

Shut up!
Shut up, geek

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Butt Trumpet's song "Shutup" is a quick story of a person standing underneath a freeway overpass on Gauer just north of Yucca. While standing there, a homeless girl approaches and the individual thinks that they are interested in them for their personality, but the girl is only interested in sharing her phone number. The song then repeats the phrase "Shutup" multiple times, indicating that the individual is disappointed, frustrated or embarrassed about the situation. The repetition of "Shutup" throughout the song alludes to the idea that the person wants someone to either stop talking, remain quiet or that they are unable to express their true feelings. The last line of "Shut up, geek" exacerbates the situation, giving the sense that the singer is annoyed, and perhaps even hostile to the listener.

Line by Line Meaning

This is a story about the last time I was hangin' out underneath the freeway overpass on Gauer just north of Yucca.
I want to tell you a story about a place where I was hanging out - it was underneath the freeway overpass on Gauer just north of Yucca.

I was standing there minding my own business and this girl came up to me, and, well... I thought she wanted me for my mind...
I was just standing there, not bothering anyone, when this girl approached me. I thought she was interested in my intellect or personality.

Shut up!
Stop talking or making noise.

All I wanted from her was her phone number...
All I really wanted from her was her contact information.

Shut up!
Stop talking or making noise.

She was homeless
I later found out that the girl who approached me was homeless.

Sometimes I really get upset when...
There are moments when I feel quite upset or frustrated because of something.

Shut up!
Stop talking or making noise.

This isn't the way we rehearsed it...
Things are not going as planned, and it's not following the way we rehearsed it.

Shut up!
Stop talking or making noise.

Shut up, geek
I want you to stop talking, and I'm even calling you a name to make sure you know how serious I am about it.

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